Pyeongchang

Pyeongchang

See also: PyeongChang, Pyeong Chang, Pyeong-Chang, and Pyeong-chang

English

Alternative forms

• PyeongChang, Pyeong Chang, Pyeong-Chang, Pyeong-chang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɒŋˈt͡ʃæŋ/, /pjʌŋˈt͡ʃæŋ/, /pjʌŋˈt͡ʃɑːŋ/

Etymology 1

Korean 평창 (Pyeongchang), from Sino-Korean 平 (“flat”) + 昌 (“prosperous, flourishing”). Compare Pyongyang.

Proper noun

Pyeongchang

1. A county of South Korea.
2. A city in South Korea; county seat of the eponymous county.

Translations

county of South Korea

Catalan: Pyeongchang Chinese: Cantonese: 平昌郡 (ping4 coeng1 gwan6), 平昌 (ping4 coeng1) Mandarin: 平昌郡 (Píngchāngjùn), 平昌 (zh) (Píngchāng) Wu: please add this translation if you can French: Pyeongchang

Hindi: प्योंगचैंग ? (pyoṅgcaiṅg) Japanese: 平昌郡 (ピョンチャンぐん, Pyonchan-gun), 平昌 (ピョンチャン, Pyonchan) Korean: 평창군 (Pyeongchanggun) (平昌郡), 평창 (Pyeongchang) (平昌) Portuguese: Pyeongchang Spanish: Pieonchang

county seat of Pyeongchang

Chinese: Cantonese: 平昌邑 (ping4 coeng1 jap1), 平昌 (ping4 coeng1) Mandarin: 平昌邑 (Píngchāngyì), 平昌 (zh) (Píngchāng) Wu: please add this translation if you can

Hindi: प्योंगचैंग ? (pyoṅgcaiṅg) Japanese: 平昌邑 (ピョンチャンゆう, Pyonchan-yū), 平昌 (ピョンチャン, Pyonchan) Korean: 평창읍 (Pyeongchang-eup) (平昌邑), 평창 (Pyeongchang) (平昌)

Etymology 2

Korean 평창 (Pyeongchang), from Sino-Korean 平 (“flat”) + 倉 (“granary”).

Proper noun

Pyeongchang

1. A neighbourhood in Seoul, South Korea.

Translations

neighbourhood in Seoul

Japanese: 平倉洞 (ピョンチャンドン, Pyonchandon)

Korean: 평창동 (Pyeongchangdong) (平倉洞), 평창 (Pyeongchang) (平倉)

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French

Alternative forms

• PyeongChang, Pyeong Chang, Pyeong-Chang, Pyeong-chang

Etymology

Korean 평창 (pyeongchang)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɔŋ.ʃaŋ/

Proper noun

Pyeongchang

1. Pyeongchang (a county in South Korea)
2. Pyeongchang (a city in the eponymous county of South Korea)